Obrigheim, Mulheim, and Albsheim, Germany
Trip Start
Apr 30, 2006
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Trip End
May 12, 2006
Obrigheim,
Germany
Friday, May 5, 2006
We then drove to Obrigheim (105 km away), to meet Herr Wolfgang Heiss, who had found some genealogical information for us. He had already mailed his findings to Daniel, who had shared them with Carol, the first night we arrived in Lembach. They included six very important documents: the birth certificates of Simon, Leopold and David Süss ( now Siess), and death certificates for Michel Süss ( father of Leopold, Simon and Daniel), as well as for Michel's mother , Philippine Süss, née Lazarus, and his brother Jakob Süss. Herr Heiss took us to the city archives where he showed us some records from the 16th century, mostly inventories of land and possessions. I bought an autographed copy of his book on the area. This area includes Mülheim, where our Leopold Süss and his two brothers were born, and Albsheim, where their father Michel was born. We then drove to Mülheim and on to Albsheim to photograph our ancestors' towns They are lovely small villages, with some very old buildings (middle ages, perhaps). On the way there and back we hit Friday afternoon traffic near Mannheim. Driving at high speed (100-130 kph) in heavy traffic and the winding roads close to Lembach made me very tired of driving. I usually let Steve drive and will continue to do so.
We got back about 7:30 p.m. for a dinner of soup, cheese (of course), more sorbet, and the main course-fresh white asparagus. I'd been looking forward to this since I came to Germany the first time 5 years ago. It was worth the wait! I had at least 8 spears, with a nice cream sauce and bread. Yum! I found out what makes white asparagus white and expensive. While it is growing it is covered with plastic so that it gets no sun and therefore photosynthesis can't create green chlorophyll. If the plastic is removed, it will turn into green asparagus.
I downloaded my pictures and Carol's (only from her regular camera-we couldn't get it to download from her camcorder which uses a disc), called Steve (I don't even care how much it costs...), caught up with this trip report, and went to bed about 11 p.m. I don't think we have anything in particular scheduled for the next day as Denise would be tired since she had left after dinner to drive to Strasbourg (100 km round trip) to pick up their daughter, Bettina (23), who was coming home from university in Brussels where she is studying physical therapy. She was coming home for Daniel's birthday on the 6th, as was their son Jonathan, who works near Strasbourg during the week. He is a mechanical engineer.
